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Ophicleide. Nominal pitch: 9-ft B♭

Technical description: brass; 9 keys; length of tuning-slide legs 104.5. Fitting for music card holder. Ligature tuning at crook with binding screw. R0:

  • Date:
    Circa 1860
  • Maker:
    Gautrot aîné [Corporation]
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Paris/France
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.213-71
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.213-71
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:1108; bell 217.